Mastigodryas bruesi

Mastigodryas bruesi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Mastigodryas
Species: Mastigodryas bruesi

Name

Mastigodryas bruesi (Barbour, 1914)

• Holotype: MCZ 7792, collected by G.M. Allen and C.T. Brues.
• Type locality: “near St. George's, [St. George Parish,] Grenada”.

Combinations

• Alsophis bruesi Barbour, 1914: 337 [original combination]
• Drymobius boddaerti bruesi — Barbour, 1937 [subsequent combination]
• Dryadophis bruesi — Stuart, 1939 [subsequent combination]
• Mastigodryas bruesi — Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• St Vincent and the Grenadines
• Grenada

References

Primary references

• Barbour, T. 1914. A Contribution to the Zoögeography of the West Indies, with Especial Reference to Amphibians and Reptiles. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 44(2): 205–359. BHL

Additional references

• Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. University of Florida Press: Gainesville. xiv + 720 p. ISBN 9780813010496 Reference page. 
• Daudin, Jacques & de Silva, Mark. 2007. An annotated checklist of the amphibians and terrestrial reptiles of the Grenadines with notes on their local natural history and conservation. Applied Herpetology 4(2): 163–175.

Links

• Henderson, R.W. & Powell, R. 2016. IUCN: Mastigodryas bruesi  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T203300A2763513. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T203300A2763513.en. Accessed on 24 November 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Barbour's Tropical Racer